OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Physiology is 48. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
The Calcium Homeostasis of Human Red Blood Cells in Health and Disease: Interactions of PIEZO1, the Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump, and Gardos Channels	260
From Muscle-Based Nonshivering Thermogenesis to Malignant Hyperthermia in Mammals	251
Scarred by Fibrosis: The Heart–Kidney Disease Connection	172
Spatial Transcriptomics of the Respiratory System	160
Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Junctophilin Family	146
The Diverse Physiological Functions of Mechanically Activated Ion Channels in Mammals	127
Running the Female Power Grid Across Lifespan Through Brain Estrogen Signaling	121
The Physiology of Enteric Glia	116
Mechanobiology and Resolution of Lung Fibrosis	102
Transformation of Our Understanding of Breathing Control by Molecular Tools	99
Metabolic Rewiring and Communication: An Integrative View of Kidney Proximal Tubule Function	88
Vaping and Lung Inflammation and Injury	86
Molecular Crowding: Physiologic Sensing and Control	73
Mechanisms and Therapies of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	69
Mechanisms of Protein Trafficking and Quality Control in the Kidney and Beyond	64
Mitochondria and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Toward a Stratified Therapeutic Intervention	63
Store-Operated Calcium Channels in the Nervous System	62
Cerebral Vascular Dysfunctions Detected in Human Small Vessel Disease and Implications for Preclinical Studies	61
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Mutations Associated with Human Disease: Insights into Receptor Function and Dysfunction	60
Polycystin Channel Complexes	59
Neural Mechanisms That Make Perceptual Decisions Flexible	58
The Developmental Origins of Asthma and COPD	58
Brain Nutrient Sensing: A Unifying Framework	56
Mechanosensing by Vascular Endothelium	56
Transcellular Barriers to Glucose Delivery in the Body	54

Metabolic Recruitment in Brain Tissue	52
Molecular Physiology of TRPV Channels: Controversies and Future Challenges	50
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Salt Taste	49
A Mechanistic Rationale for Incretin-Based Therapeutics in the Management of Obesity	48
From Oil Spills to Air Pollution: The Emergence of Phenanthrene as a Ubiquitous Cardiac Toxicant	48